Brian Rolston scored his first goal in his second tour with the Devils by rapping a rebound off his power play shot past Kari Lehtonen to lead the Devils past Atlanta Thursday night 1-0.The news was not all good for Rolston and the Devils as later in the second period,Rolston crashed into the boards and suffered a high ankle sprain.
The sprain was not considered as serious as originally thought,but a similar injury kept Sidney Crosby out for more than 30 games last season.
Granted,Crosby is kinda a wuss,but the injury tends to hang around without proper time to heal.
Bet Rolston being out for at least two weeks.
Marty Brodeur gets the win and shutout on the march to those two all time records.
The Devils guaranteed at least a. 500 record on the four game road swing and can earn three out of four with a win in Washington tonight.
Shawn's Thoughts
1) If Rolston had not been injured,the headline would been "One boring hockey game".
2) It was one boring hockey game and as Ryan offered up " and this coming from a guy that watches every Devils game".
3) I finally found a positive thing to say about Southern hockey,it was just like being there live.
You could hear the stick clanging,the players hollering for passes etc.
I don't know what the sold or announced crowd was,but I bet there was between 3 to 5 thousand in the stands.....
4) Petr Vrana should be the player that picks up playing time with the Rolston injury.
Vrana was a healthy scratch in the first four games and looks to be seeing time at right wing.
The speedy Vrana hopefully will be a jolt of energy to the Devils.
5) And of course with tonight's game being against Washington,that means Beninati and Laughlin on the stick for the contest.
Allow the thoughts on those two to be provided by guest writers-the Griffin Family!
Bullpen Notes
The Ohio State Buckeyes travel to East Lansing for a matchup with one of the three teams that are unbeaten in the conference in the
Michigan State Spartans.Early in the season,we thought that this game looked like a trap game for OSU,but the Spartans are unbeaten and no longer seem to be a trap game.
The Spartans are a quality football team and overlooking them doesn't seem likely.
Ohio State can put themselves in the best possible position to win the Big Ten with wins today and next week against Penn State.
Michigan State will attempt to run the ball with Javon Ringer,their star back.
This will be close for a while,but I think the Spartans match up well with Ohio State.
Prediction-Buckeyes 23-13.
The Seattle Seahawks activated linebacker Will Herring and released wide receiver Billy McMullen yesterday.
Herring had been on the physically unable to perform list.
McMullen was one of the 300 pass catchers signed earlier in the season and caught seven passes for 124 yards.
Sorry,I missed yesterday.
Super tired after going to get my radio repaired..
Until tomorrow
Photo Credits
Rolston:John Amis-Ap Photo
Helmets;Helmet Project
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